It must be an unwritten rule in Metallica that members of the hard rock giants should have at least one Mancunian indie-rock star in their friendship group. It’s always felt like an odd pairing that Lars Ulrich and Noel Gallagher are good friends but now it transpires another member of Metallica has made in-roads into the Manc-Metallica Club too. In an interview with this writer earlier this year, Tim Booth of veteran indie crew James explained that him and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo were lunch buddies. It came to light as he explained a funny if slightly awkward anecdote involving Trujillo.
“I was in Topanga, Los Angeles with Robert, a lovely guy,” he began. “It was the first time I’d really hung out with him – his kid goes to our kid’s school and we were having lunch together, a lovely meal.”
Booth said the pair hadn’t spoken about it their respective backgrounds, and that as far as he knew, Trujillo had no idea he was even in a band, let alone a band that has sold over 25 million albums and had a run of sizeable UK hits. They were just two dads having some lunch.
